Kent J. McCready

Kent McCready's diverse business transactional practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate and commercial matters.

Kent had extensive experience structuring, negotiating and documenting the purchase and sale of businesses engaged in a variety of industries. He represented clients ranging from public companies in connection with business division transactions to companies owned by generations of family members. Kent represented sellers and buyers engaged in an auction process, as well as lenders and borrowers in commercial loan transactions.

He also represented companies as outside general counsel in business and contractual matters, including equity and option issuances, governance issues, shareholder and operating agreements, employment and noncompetition agreements, and commercial contracts.

Kent's joint venture experience with both corporations and limited liability companies included creating operating-company joint ventures between public companies; organizing joint ventures to acquire businesses; and representing investors in newly organized business entities.

Kent was experienced in the private placement of securities, as well as the use of North Carolina fairness hearings in connection with the issuance of securities as consideration for acquisitions.

• Chambers USA, corporate/M&A, 2020-23
• The Best Lawyers in America, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, 2006-26
• North Carolina Super Lawyers, mergers and acquisitions, 2012-15
• Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, business law, 2008
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated